pluralism

noun

1. 1

   The quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number.

2. 2

   The state of a pluralist; the holding of more than one ecclesiastical living at a time.

3. 3

   A social system that permits smaller groups within a society to maintain their individual cultural identities.

4. 4

   The belief that there should be diverse and competing centers of power in society.

5. 5

   The acknowledgement of a diversity of political systems.

6. 6

   The existence of differing legal systems in a population or area.

7. 7

   The belief that values can be simultaneously antagonistic and incommensurable.